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JOB DESCRIPTION

Job title: Project Manager (Associate level)
Department: International Change
Location: Mumbai

Business Unit Overview
International Change is a cross functional and cross regional team which services transformation and change
for the all the Nomura business units globally. The department consists of a fungible pool of resources from
different backgrounds who are key drivers of firms’ priority projects and programs. There is a constant effort
on investing within the team’s upskilling and upgrading of capabilities.
Within International Change, the Risk Change team is involved in supporting Risk Management and Risk
Middle Office teams in implementing various change and regulatory initiatives. Team is responsible for
providing consulting, business analysis, testing and project management capabilities on strategic system
enhancement/migration projects or regulatory change projects such as BCBS 239, Basel III, FRTB etc.
 

Role description
 Business Analyst with 5 to 8 years of relevant experience in the Risk domain, particularly Counterparty
Credit Risk.
 Working as a business analyst and project manager in Credit Risk Change projects in International
Change and work with local and regional stakeholders to deliver on the project book of work.
 Independently manage medium to large projects through the lifecycle and prepare business analysis
documents proficiently (business requirement documents, functional specifications, data matrix, work
flow diagrams etc.)
 Run test management processes for medium to large scale projects (Test Strategy/Approach
documentation, managing User Acceptance Testing, building test plans and test scenarios, building
implementation plans.)
 Ability to plan the project delivery milestones (L0/L1 planning) and prepare project reports (weekly project
update, monthly status update, highlighting risks, issues and their mitigation steps)
 Assist stakeholder businesses with their tactical/strategic solution requirements, services and/or
program.
 Must be able to work with Technology, Risk Management, Risk Middle Office, and Front Office to identify
and maximize opportunities that help in delivery of projects and to improve product, service and program
business processes.
 Must have the ability to work with a team, learn and train people on various subjects, structure the project
governance model and also work together with regional counterparts to devise induction framework for
all the resources entering into the project.
 

Skills, experience, qualifications and knowledge required
 Strong understanding of capital market products and derivatives across asset classes
 Good knowledge of the Counterparty Credit Risk domain with project experience in areas like
computation of risk measures/exposures (PD, LGD, EAD, PE, PFE, EEPE, VaR, RWA etc.),
management of risk limits, risk reporting etc.
 Skilled in performing data analysis and understanding data models for computation of risk measures
 Good understanding of the Basel norms, particularly the capital requirements for Credit and CVA risks
 Ability to operate in both agile and waterfall style project methodologies and have an understanding of
deliverables required for each methodology
 Attention to detail and high quality standards of documentation, processes and control environment
 Experience in the full E2E systems delivery lifecycle (SDLC)
 Detailed knowledge of all Microsoft Office products, i.e. Word, Excel, Power Point, Project and Visio
 Good educational pedigree and domain certifications (MBA, FRM, CFA, CQF etc.)
 Proficiency in database, virtualization and BI solutions – SQL, Python, Dremio, PowerBI, Alteryx,
Tableau etc.
 Excellent communication, organization, prioritisation and documentation skills
 Flexibility – adapts effectively to changing plans, domains and priorities; Is open and flexible when faced
with changing project constraints
 Deals comfortably with ambiguity – Stays on target to complete goals regardless of obstacles or adverse
circumstances
 Rigorous follow ups through on all commitments to achieve results
 Excellent and demonstrable understanding of “best practice” approaches to functional testing especially
User Acceptance Testing.
 Ability to identify any inefficiencies in processes and suggest ideas for automation and/or operating
model changes.

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